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UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees was established on December 14, 1950 by the United Nations General Assembly. The agency is mandated to lead and co-ordinate international action to protect refugees and resolve refugee problems worldwide. Its primary purpose is to safeguard the rights and well-being of refugees. It strives to ensure that everyone can exercise the right to seek asylum and find safe refuge in another State, with the option to return home voluntarily, integrate locally or to resettle in a third country. In more than five decades, the agency has helped an estimated 50 million people restart their lives. Today, a staff of around 7,092 people in 124 countries continues to help 35.8 million persons.  Website: www.unhcr.org
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Progress Report mid-2016. Beyond Detention: A Global Strategy to support governments to end the detention of asylum-seeker and refugees, 2014-2019

August 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Reports

Baseline Report - Detention situation as of end 2013. Beyond Detention: A Global Strategy to support governments to end the detention of asylum-seeker and refugees, 2014-2019

August 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Reports

Progress Report mid-2016. Beyond Detention: A Global Strategy to support governments to end the detention of asylum-seeker and refugees, 2014-2019 - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

August 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country Reports

Good Practices Paper – Action 6: Establishing Statelessness Determination Procedures to Protect Stateless Persons

11 July 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Reports

Secretary of State for the Home Department v ZAT (Syria) and Others: UNHCR's Intervention

13 June 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae

New start for victims of war in city of peace

1 April 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

MM (Somalia) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department: UNHCR Submissions

18 January 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae

Beyond Detention: A Global Strategy to support governments to end the detention of asylum-seeker and refugees, 2014-2019. National Action Plan - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

December 2015 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country Reports

Resettlement of Bhutanese refugees surpasses 100,000 mark

19 November 2015 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

AH (Algeria) v Secretary of State for the Home Department: Further submission on behalf of UNHCR

11 June 2015 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae

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